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The modern life is overwhelmed with various laws and determinants. The world could not exist without the laws, both natural and social. Even the private life of a human is regulated. The marriage issue, being one of the core concepts in human’s private life is usually regulated by country law and religion. This proposal will reflect some ethical and societal aspects of regulating humans’ marriages.
As it was indicated above, the world could not exist without the regulations, represented by laws and norms. Consequently, the marriage age is created in order to make the life easier. One should mention Hobbes and emphasize that “Unbounded liberty can be very dangerous and life without any rules at all would, according to Hobbes, be solitary, nasty, brutish, and short” (Browne, 2002). Moreover, the marriage is legally regulated, in comparison with earlier times, when the people could be pushed to marry a particular person. “Although the open marriage concept is obviously not presently reflected in the law or gaining acceptance as a feature of marriage, it needs to be remembered that, however belatedly, the law has a tendency to catch up with social practices as they evolve” (Lindell, 2008).
The second issue, which has brought hardships into marriage lives, is a religious one. Mixed marriages, according to some religions, are unethical and are considered to be a sin. Hence, a lack of interreligious unions and even the difference in mentalities is able to destroy even the strongest feelings. However, those people still have a possibility to live together, even without a wedding ceremony.
Finally, one could make a decision that religion limits bring a huge impact on the human’s decision, but could not affect the behavior that much. In contrast, legal law determines the marriage behavior and has no influence on what person to pick as a spouse. Anyways, the human’s life is regulated, and this is more good than bad.
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